Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) - these arachnids make their living by eating decomposing vegetative and animal matter although are opportunist predators if they can ...

Flitting about the house in summer, the gangly, brown daddy longlegs is familiar to many of us. They are a valuable food source for many birds.

Daddy-long-legs spiders are easily recognised by their extremely long, skinny legs and small body. Pholcus phalangioides has a brown patch on its pale carapace.

The legs are actually the most important part because they are the nerve centers of the Daddy Longlegs. Their legs have the ability to sense vibrations, tastes, ...

A spider's two main body parts are divided by a very definite “waist.” A daddy long- legs' two main body parts are so close together, they look like one.

Their vision is generally poor, and the second pair of legs, which are usually the longest, function as “feelers” as they walk around, like a blind person ...

3 авг. 2024 г. · Daddy longlegs stink when threatened, thanks to defensive stink glands, which have been observed to repulse predators. Daddy longlegs are ...

5 окт. 2022 г. · Though Daddy-long-legs spiders are quiet in nature, they are skilled predators that can bring down deadly Redback and Funnel-web spiders.

8 нояб. 2024 г. · Male daddy longlegs have a long protrusible penis. After a pair mates in the autumn, the female uses her long ovipositor to lay her eggs in a ...